VIZIER


Meaning of VIZIER in English

/ vɪˈzɪə(r); NAmE vɪˈzɪr/ (also wazir ) noun

an important official in some Muslim countries in the past

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent.: via Turkish from Arabic wazīr caliph's chief counsellor.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.